Nordic Baltic Universities boosting entrepreneurial and innovation support systems
NOBALIS is implemented by a Nordic- Baltic region consortium consisting of five universities with background in life sciences, agriculture and technologies and two organizations specializing in technology transfer, start-up support and acceleration programs. The focus is to develop, share and expand innovation and entrepreneurship support capabilities in the areas of sustainable food production, circular economy, and development of new green value chains, in line with the research areas of the participating HEIs, and regional smart specialization strategies.
The project builds on a focused Innovation Vision Action Plan (IVAP) and combines variety to activities such as Entrepreneurship and Innovation Capacity Development Program for students and staff; start-up and mentor support; mapping of entrepreneurship and innovation courses, support for curricula and pedagogical tools development; mapping of institutional entrepreneurship and innovation support structures, practices and policies; creation of new partnership activities and development of an idea bank and videos. Through peer to peer leaning, co-creation and sharing of good institutional practices the project strives to create systematic impact, build institutional innovation and entrepreneurship capabilities, create strong partnerships and facilitate the knowledge transfer across HEIs beyond the NOBALIS project period.
Total budget: 1 200 000
Duration: July 2022- June 2024
Funding
NOBALIS is part of HEI Initiative program of the European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) (cohort 2) and is funded by the European Union. The aim of the HEI Initiative is to increase the innovation and entrepreneurial capacity in higher education by bringing together HEIs in innovation value chains and ecosystems across Europe.
Students and staff from NOBALIS partner universities are very warmly welcomed to participate in the second round of NOBALIS Entrepreneurial and Innovation Capacity Development Programme. We are looking for teams working on food, biotechnology and bioresource related ideas. The program will take place over a 3-month […]
NOBALIS team from Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technology (LBTU) compared the innovation ecosystems of NOBALIS partners in the presentation at the 5th World Congress of Latvian Scientists. The presentation discussed the challenges related to various innovation ecosystem elements in the HEIs. The analysis was […]
From June 5-9, 2023 NOBALIS project participant Dina Popluga (from Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies) participated in the international scientific congress ECONOMICON 2023 where she presented NOBALIS project results. This congress brought together more than 100 scientists and industry representatives from 10 different countries. […]